In occupied Crimea, a Tatar from the Alushta Muslim community was arrested for 10 days for a ten-year-old publication

On the morning of November 23, Russian security forces detained three members of the Alushta religious community. three members of the Alushta religious community. One of the detainees, namely Vilen Useinov, had already been sentenced to 10 days of arrest for a ten-year-old publication. of arrest for a 10-year-old publication. This is reported by the public association "Crimean Solidarity", reports UNN.

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Crimean Tatar Vilen Useinov was incriminated with Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (incitement of hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity) for his publication in 2013. human dignity) for the publication in 2013 in the social network Vkontakte of a photo depicting a white flagship. a photo of a white flag with the symbol of the Islamic faith written in black on it in Arabic. of the faith of Islam in Arabic "La Ilaha Illallah Muhammad-ur-Rasulullah". (There is no Deity but Allah Almighty, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.)

On the same day, the Alushta city court passed a verdict against another Crimean Tatar and religious figure, Zinur Appazov.

%%QUOTE_TITLE%%In the social network "Vkontakte", on the page of the user "Zinur Appazov". user "Zinur Appazov" in the "videos" section, a video clip was found with the title: "Your price of 2 kopecks was estimated, an appeal to Kadyrov", lasting 7 minutes and 24 seconds, which depicts a man against a background a flag, which is allegedly a symbol and attribute of the organization "Congress of the Peoples of Ichkeria and Ichkeria". "Congress of the Peoples of Ichkeria and Dagestan, which, by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of 14 February 2003, was recognized as an organization of the Russian Federation. N SCPI 03-116 of 14.02.2003 recognized as a terrorist organization and banned on the territory of the Russian Federation. organization and banned on the territory of the Russian Federation. The video clip posted on January 2, 2016 and is currently available for review to an unlimited number of persons. - the rf police officer wrote in his report.

Zinur was given 5 days of arrest for the 7-year-old video.

The trial of the imam of the religious community "Zinur" in the case of Zinur. Yusuf Ashirov, one of the three Crimean Tatars detained today by Russian security forces, has not yet taken place, has not yet taken place.

The NGO "Crimean Solidarity" notes that listeners and relatives were not allowed to attend the trial. And those who gathered near the courthouse were asked by the Russian police to disperse and threatened with arrest.

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Persecution by Russian authorities against Crimean Tatars from the religious community "Astrakhan Tatar". Tatars from the religious community "Alushta" are not for the first time. The chairman of the community "Alushta" - Lenur Khalilov and a member of the audit committee Ruslan Mesutov were arrested earlier, on June 10, 2019, after the houses of four Crimean Tatar Muslims in Alushta, in the village of Isobilnoye and in the village of Maly Mayak were searched and then detained.

Earlier, the NGO "Crimean Solidarity" released an entire video material about how the Russian authorities are trying to seize from Muslims the mosque "Yuk'ary Jami" - the only religious building in Alushta, preserved since the 19th century. century.